shine!

Nice Doctrine.

"Dat sunshine docterin' am mighty nice to read erbout," said old Black
Mose; "but when dese yer blizzahds come en de clouds hang mighty low
down, en de snow goes toh sniftin' erroun' de shanty, dat's de time when
I want plenty ob back logs en' a hot fiah goin' day an' night!"

Where Bill Was.

"Where is Billy Spudder tonight?" inquired one of the boys the second
night after the election as they lounged up to the bar and missed Bill's
familiar presence.

"Bill? Why, Bill, you know, was a candidate for constable on the
Walkover ticket and got beat so bad they couldn't count the votes,"
answered another. "And now Bill's at home getting acquainted with his
wife again and being introduced to the new baby that appeared since he
started his 60 days campaign!"

The Real Question.

"But," argued the republican candidate for office; "the republican party
freed the colored people and made them the equals of the white folks.
Didn't you ever hear of Abraham Lincoln, who set your people free?"

"Dat's all mighty true, Mistah man," said the hesitating darkey; "but
flouah am mighty sca'ce erroun' de cabin en we hain't had no bacon since
day befoh yistiddy; en I see a dimmycrat candahdate comin' down de big
road a-whuppin' ob his hosses like he hed flouah en hog-meat on behin'
en bringin' it all toh me!"

The Sunshine Way.

I.

Wherever your feet may wander, wherever your fancies stray,
The paths that you walk are golden, for there is the sunshine way;
And roses are there with their beauties that over the path-ways twine,
And all of the world is a blossom that smiles in the tender shine!

II.

There's never a murmur of evil, there's never a cry of wrong;
The daisies are sweet with laughter the birds are alilt with song;
The days dance by in their gladness as sweet as the sweetest wine,
Where the swift feet linger in rapture through ways of the golden shine.

III.

What matters if shadows may hover o'er blue hills far and dim?
A star on the beautiful summits of the clear horizon's rim!
The calls of the happy lovers whose hearts beat swift and strong,
As they carol the sunshine music and whistle the sunshine song!

IV.

The pleasures greet ever the seeker that comes to their doors and woos,
And life with its sun and its shadow is whatsoever we choose;
And like some resplendent mirror it frowns or it smiles as w